Consequences of High School Senioritis

It is important for high school seniors to understand the consequences of senioritis. Here is a list of them for you to share with your teen. Hopefully it will help you prevent your teen from getting senioritis.

• Plummeting grades.
• School discipline, detentions or suspensions.
• Loss of credits that lead to not graduating or walking with your graduating class.
• Loss of your standing in a varsity team sport.
• Letters from the college asking why grades are plummeting.
• Letters from the college rescinding their acceptance to the college.
• Less financial aid or a reworking of your already established financial aid package.
• Being placed on academic probation before you start college.
• Increased at-risk behaviors which can lead to teen pregnancy, criminal activity, adverse effects to teen health and death.

For a teen who is suffering from the consequences of senioritis, they will also be dealing with shame or guilt, depression and a lack of plans for the immediate future. For more help, please follow through with more of our senioritis resources for parents:

• Parenting Quiz: Does your teen have senioritis?
• Signs and Symptoms of Senioritis and How to Identify Them
• How Parents of High School Students Can Prevent Senioritis
• Help for Parents of Teens with Senioritis
• Causes of Senioritis in High School Seniors